I have read the second part of your book, at-Tibyaan fi Kufri man a’aan al-Amreekaan,
the title of which is: “The Crusade Campaign in its Second Phase: War on Iraq”, and I
benefited much from what you mentioned from rulings regarding this campaign, like the
ruling on supporting America, and the ruling on supporting the Iraqi government, and the
ruling on supporting the Muslim nation in Iraq.

Time Magazine wrote about him that ‘ he was the reviver of Jihad in the 20th Century’. Abdullah Yusuf Azzam was born in the village of Ass-ba’ah Al-Hartiyeh, province of Jineen in the occupied sacred land of Palestine in 1941 CE. He was brought up in a humble house where he was taught Islam, and was fed with the love of Allah subhana wa ta’ala, His Messenger (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam), those striving in the Way of Allah subhana wa ta’ala, the righteous people and the desire for the Hereafter. Abdullah Azzam was a distinguished kid who started propagating Islam at an early age. His peers knew him as a pious child. He showed signs of excellence at an early age. His teachers recognized this while he was still at elementary school. Sheikh Abdullah Azzam was known for his perseverance and serious nature ever since he was a small boy. He received his early elementary and secondary education in his village, and continued his education at the agricultural Khadorri College where he obtained a Diploma. Although he was the youngest of his colleagues, he was the cleverest and the smartest. After he graduated from Khadorri College, he worked as a teacher in a village called Adder in South Jordan. Later he joined Sharia College in Damascus University where he obtained a B.A. Degree in Shariah (Islamic Law) in 1966. After the Jews captured the West Bank in 1967, Sheikh Abdullah Azzam decided to migrate to Jordan, because he could not live under the Jews’ occupation of Palestine. The sin of the Israeli tanks rolling into the West Bank without any resistance made him even more determined to migrate in order to learn the skills necessary to fight. In the late 1960’s he joined the Jihad against the Israeli occupation of Palestine from Jordan. Soon after that, he went to Egypt and graduated with a Masters Degree in Shariah from the University of Al-Azhar. In 1970 and after Jihad came to a halt by forcing PLO forces out of Jordan, he assumed the position of teaching in the Jordanian University in Amman. In 1971 he was awarded a scholarship to Al-Azhar University in Cairo from which he obtained a Ph.D Degree in Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (Usool-ul-Fiqh) in 1973. During his stay in Egypt he came to know the family of Shaheed Sayyed Qutb. Sheikh Abdullah Azzam spent a long time participating in the Jihad in Palestine. However, matters there were not to his liking, for the people involved in the Jihad were far removed from Islam. He told of how these people used to spend the night’s playing cards and listening to music, under the illusion that they were performing Jihad to liberate Palestine. Sheikh Abdullah Azzam mentioned that, out of the thousands in the camp he was in, the number of people who offered their Salah in congregation were so few that they could be counted on one hand. He tried to steer them towards Islam, but they resisted his attempts. One day he rhetorically asked one of the ‘Mujahideen’ what the religion behind the Palestinian revolution was, to which the man replied, quite clearly and bluntly, “This revolution has no religion behind it.” This was the last straw. Sheikh Abdullah Azzam left Palestine, and went to Saudi Arabia to teach in the universities there. When Sheikh Azzam realised that only by means of an organised force would the Ummah ever be able to gain victory, then Jihad and the Gun became his pre-occupation and recreation. “Jihad and the rifle alone: no negotiations, no conferences and no dialogues,” he would say. By practicing what he was preaching, Sheikh Abdullah Azzam was one of the first Arabs to join the Afghan Jihad against the communist USSR In 1979, when he learned about the Afghan Jihad, he left his teaching position at King Abdul-Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and went to Islamabad, Pakistan, in order to be able to participate in the Jihad. He moved to Pakistan to be close to the Afghan Jihad, and there he got to know the leaders of the Jihad. During the early time of his stay in Pakistan, he was appointed a lecturer in the International Islamic University in Islamabad. After a while he had to quit the University to devote his full time and energy to the Jihad in Afghanistan. In the early 1980’s, Sheikh Abdullah Azzam came to experience the Jihad in Afghanistan. In this Jihad he found satisfaction of his longing and untold love to fight in the Path of Allah, just as Allah’s Messenger (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) once said, “One hour spent fighting in the Path of Allah is worth more than seventy years spent in praying at home.” [Authentic, At-Tirmithi and Al-Hakem]. Inspired by this Hadith, Sheikh Abdullah Azzam immigrated with his family to Pakistan in order to be closer to the field of Jihad. Soon after, he then moved from Islamabad to Peshawar to be even closer to the field of Jihad and Martyrdom.

In Peshawar, Sheikh Abdullah Azzam founded the Bait-ul-Ansar (Mujahideen Services Bureau with the aim of offering all possible assistance to the Afghani Jihad and the Mujahideen through establishing and managing projects that supported the cause. The Bureau also received and trained volunteers pouring into Pakistan to participate in Jihad and allocating them to the front lines. Unsurprisingly, this was not enough to satisfy Sheikh Azzam’s burning desire for Jihad. That desire drove him finally to go to the front-line. On the battlefield, the Sheikh gracefully played his destined role in that generous epic of heroism. In Afghanistan he hardly ever settled in one place. He travelled throughout the country, visiting most of its provinces and states such as Lujer, Qandahar, Hindukush Heights, the Valley of Binjistr, Kabul and Jalalabad. These travels allowed Sheikh Abdullah Azzam to witness first hand the heroic deeds of these ordinary people, who had sacrificed all that they possessed -including their own lives – for the Supremacy of the Deen of Islam. In Peshawar, upon his return from these travels, Sheikh Azzam spoke about Jihad constantly. He prayed to restore the Unity among the divided Mujahideen commanders; called upon those who had not yet joined the fighting to take up arms and to follow him to the front before it would be too late. Abdullah Azzam was greatly influenced by the Jihad in Afghanistan and the Jihad was greatly influenced by him since he devoted his full time to its cause. He became the most prominent figure in the Afghani Jihad aside from the Afghan leaders. He spared no effort to promote the Afghan cause to the whole world, especially through the Muslim Ummah. He travelled all over the world, calling on Muslims to rally to the defence of their religion and lands. He wrote a number of books on Jihad, such as Join the Caravan and Defence of Muslim Lands. Moreover, he himself participated bodily in the Afghan Jihad, despite the fact that he was in his forties. He traversed Afghanistan, from north to south, east to west, in snow, through the mountains, in heat and in cold, riding donkeys and on foot. Young men with him used to tire from such exertions, but not Sheikh Abdullah Azzam. He changed the minds of Muslims about the Jihad in Afghanistan and presented the Jihad as an Islamic cause which concerned all Muslims around the world. Due to his efforts, the Afghani Jihad became universal in which Muslims from every part of the world participated. Soon, volunteer Islamic fighters began to travel to Afghanistan from the four corners of the Earth, to fulfil their obligation of Jihad and in defence of their oppressed Muslim brothers and sisters. The Sheikh’s life revolved around a single goal, namely the establishment of Allah’s Rule on earth, this being the clear responsibility of each and every Muslim. So in order to accomplish his life’s noble mission of restoring the Khilafah, the Sheikh focused on Jihad (the armed struggle to establish Islam). He believed Jihad must be carried out until the Khilafah (Islamic Rule) is established so the light of Islam may shine on the whole world. Sheikh Abdullah Azzam made Jihad in every possible way, responding to the call of Allah: “Go forth, light and heavy, and strive with your selves and your wealth in the path of Allah. That is better for you, if only you knew.” [Quran, 9:41] He reared his family also, in the same spirit, so that his wife, for example, engaged in orphan care and other humanitarian work in Afghanistan. He refused teaching positions at a number of universities, declaring that he would not quit Jihad until he was either martyred or assassinated. He used to reiterate that his ultimate goal was still to liberate Palestine. He was once quoted as saying, ” Never shall I leave the Land of Jihad, except in three circumstances. Either I shall be killed in Afghanistan. Either I shall be killed in Peshawar. Or either I shall be handcuffed and expelled from Pakistan.” Jihad in Afghanistan had made Abdullah Azzam the main pillar of the Jihad movement in the modern times. Through taking part in this Jihad, and through promoting and clarifying the obstacles which have been erected in the path of Jihad, he played a significant role in changing the minds of Muslims about Jihad and the need for it. He was a role model for the young generation that responded to the call of Jihad. He had a great appreciation for Jihad and the need for it. Once he said, ” I feel that I am nine years old: seven-and-a-half years in the Afghan Jihad, one-and-ahalf years in the Jihad in Palestine, and the rest of the years have no value.” From his pulpit Sheikh Azzam was always reiterating his conviction that: “Jihad must not be abandoned until Allah subhana wa ta’ala Alone is worshipped. Jihad continues until Allah’s Word is raised high. Jihad until all the oppressed peoples are freed. Jihad to protect our dignity and restore our occupied lands. Jihad is the way of everlasting glory.” History, as well as anyone who knew Sheikh Abdullah Azzam closely, all testify to his courage in speaking the truth, regardless of the consequences. He always bore in mind the command of Allah to: “Proclaim openly that which you were commanded, and turn away from the polytheists ( Mushrikeen).” [Quran, 15:94]. On every occasion Sheikh Abdullah Azzam reminded all Muslims that, “Muslims cannot be defeated by others. We Muslims are not defeated by our enemies, but instead, we are defeated by our own selves.” He was a fine example of Islamic manners, in his piety, his devotion to Allah subhana wa ta’ala and his modesty in all things. He would never adulate in his relations with others. Sheikh Azzam always listened to the youth, he was dignified and did not allow fear to have access to his brave heart. He practised continual fasting especially the alternate daily fasting routine of Prophet Dawud (alayhi salam). He strongly counselled others to practice fasting on Mondays and Thursdays. The Sheikh was a man of uprightness, honesty and virtue, and was never heard to slander others or to talk unpleasantly about an individual Muslim. As the Jihad in Afghanistan went on, he was succeeding in uniting together all the various fighting groups in the Afghani Jihad. Naturally, such a pride to Islam caused great distress to the enemies of this religion, and they plotted to eliminate him. In 1989 CE, a lethal amount of TNT explosive was placed beneath the pulpit from which he delivered the sermon every Friday. It was such a formidable quantity that if it had exploded, it would have destroyed the mosque, together with everything and everybody in it. Hundreds of Muslims would have been killed, but Allah provided protection and the bomb did not explode. The enemies, determined to accomplish their ugly task, tried another plot in Peshawar, shortly after this in the same year When Allah willed that Sheikh Abdullah Azzam should leave this world to be in His closest company (we hope that it is so), the Sheikh departed in a glorious manner. The day was Friday, 24 November 1989.
The enemies of Allah subhana wa ta’ala planted three bombs on a road so narrow only a single car could travel on it. It was the road Sheikh Abdullah Azzam would use to drive to the Friday Prayer. That Friday, the Sheikh, together with two of his own sons, Ibrahim and Muhammad, and with one of the sons of the late Sheikh Tameem Adnani (another hero of the Afghan Jihad), drove along the road. The car stopped at the position of the first bomb, and the Sheikh alighted to walk the remainder of the way. The enemies, lying in wait, then exploded the bomb. A loud explosion and a great thundering were heard all over the city. People emerged from the mosque, and beheld a terrible scene. Only a small fragment of the car remained. The young son Ibrahim flew 100 metres into the air; the other two youths were thrown a similar distance away, and their remains were scattered among the trees and power lines. As for Sheikh Abdullah Azzam himself, his body was found resting against a wall, totally intact and not at all disfigured, except that some blood was seen issuing from his mouth. That fateful blast indeed ended the worldly journey of Sheikh Abdullah Azzam which had been spent well in struggling, striving and fighting in the Path of Allah subhana wa ta’ala. It also secured his more real and eternal life in the gardens of Paradise – we ask Allah subhana wa ta’ala that it is so ; that he will enjoy along with the illustrious company of “those on whom is the Grace of Allah, the Prophets, the Sincere ones, the Martyrs and the Righteous. The Best of company are they.” [Quran, 4:69]. It was in this way that this great hero and reformer of Islam departed from the arena of Jihad and from this world, never to return. He was buried in the Pabi Graveyard of the Shuhadaa’ in Peshawar, where he joined hundreds of other Shuhadaa’. May Allah accept him as a martyr, and grant him the highest station in Paradise. The struggle which he stood for continues, despite the enemies of Islam. There is not a Land of Jihad today in the world, nor a Mujahid fighting in Allah’s Way, who is not inspired by the life, teachings and works of Sheikh Abdullah Azzam (May Allah have Mercy on him). We ask Allah subhana wa ta’ala to accept the deeds of Sheikh Abdullah Azzam and bring him to the Highest Part of Paradise. We ask Allah subhana wa ta’ala to raise up for this Ummah more Sheikhs of this calibre, who take their knowledge to the battlefield rather than confining it in books. With this article, we record the events of Islamic history which took place in the ten years from 1979 to 1989, and continue to happen. As Sheikh Abdullah Azzam himself once said, ” Indeed Islamic history is not written except with the blood of the Shuhadaa’, except with the stories of the Shuhadaa’ and except with the examples of the Shuhadaa’. ” “They seek to extinguish the light of Allah by their mouths. But Allah refuses save to perfect His light, even if the disbelievers are averse. It is He who has sent His messenger with the guidance and the true religion, in order that He may make it prevail over all religions, even if the pagans are averse.” [Quran, 9:32-33]. by Azzam Publications

Name: Abu Dua, Ibrahim bin Awad bin Ibrahim Al-Badri Al-Radawi Al-Husseini Al-Samarra’i. He is descendant from the tribes of Al-Sada Al-Asharaf Al-Badriyin (Al-Bu’Badri) Al-Radawiya AlHusayniyya Al-Hāshimiyyah Al-Qurayshiya Al-Nizariya Al-Adnaniya. His Lineage all the way back to the Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

Marital status: Married

He is a former teacher and educator and a well known preacher, and a graduate from the Islamic University in Baghdad and he studied in it the academic levels (Bachelor, Masters and PhD) he was known as a preacher and erudite in Islamic culture, and Sharia knowledge and Fiqh, and an expert in the sciences of history and noble lineage, and he has a wide relations and clear impact on the members of his tribe in Diyala and Samarra until they declared on a fully voluntary and total certainty their Baya’a to the Islamic State of Iraq and its first Amir (Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi AlQurayshi) when they gave Baya’a to the Amir and the State in the beginning of its establishment and appearance on the Jihadi arena in Iraq in the official deceleration in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan 2006.

It is known that Dr. Ibrahim Awad is from the most prominent figures of Al-Salafiya Al-Jihadiya and one of its most famous theorists in Diyala and in the city of Samarra in the mosque of Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal rahimahullah. He is a man from a religious family. His brothers and uncles include preachers and professors of Arabic language, rhetoric and logic.

Their Aqeeda is Salafiya. His father Sheikh Awad is from the elders of Al-Bu’Badri tribe, he loves the religion, and from the callers to decency and virtue and from the supporters of promoting of virtue and preventing of vice, and his grandfather Haj Ibrahim Ali Al-Badri is a man known of his persistency on congregational prayer, and being good to his kin, and keenness to the needs of the modest families, and Haj Ibrahim died a few years ago in the post occupation era after he lived long in this Dunya in obedience and being good to his kin and good deeds, and Allah with His grace and favor prolonged the life of late Haj until he almost reached 95 years old.

The absence of an audio or video recording for Dr. Abu Dua isn’t because of his lack of rhetoric or weak language or something like that, this is not true because the man is has an eloquent speech and strong language, and has an obvious acumen and smartness so he combined between two characteristics of the former Amirs of the State when he combined the calmness and leisureliness of Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi and his high security sense, and took much of the cleverness and courage of Abu Ayub Al-Masri.

The security and military experience of Dr. Abu Dua increased by practice in the past eight and half years of fighting and attack and retreat. He incited on fighting and he himself fought then he was captured and released, he engaged in many battles, and established Jamaats and participated in establishing others and supported it then he joined Majlis Shura Al-Mujahidin and the Islamic State of Iraq as a member of the Majlis Al-Shura, until he became in the official declaration of the State in 16 May 2010 as Amir of the Islamic State of Iraq, and he didn’t reach that status except by passing through several stages until he was worthy for that post.

In the beginning he worked with several of his companions in establishing Jamaat Jaish Ahli Sunnah wa Al-Jamaah that was active in particular in the provinces of Diyala, Samarra and Baghdad, and head the Sharia Committee of the Jamaat, this Jamaat later it gave Baya’a and joined Majlis Shura AlMujahidin one week after it was declared, and then Dr. Abu Dua joined the Sharia Committees of the Majlis and he became a member of the Majlis Al-Shura, and after the declaration Islamic State of Iraq he became the General Supervisor of the Sharia Committees of the Wilayahs and a member of the Majlis Al-Shura of the Islamic State of Iraq also he has an obvious and influential role in the Baya’a of some of the tribes of Samarra to Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi, and he participated in the Baya’a of his tribe and its youth to the State, and as years passed it was logical that Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi Al-Husseini Al-Qurayshi (Hamid Al-Zawi) to succeed him, and there is no doubt in that because “Abu Mahmud” had a high security sense, and he had his calculations and he expected all possibilities and recommended that Dr. Abu Dua be his successor.

This biography has been collected to support and do justice to Amir Al-Baghdadi, whom they criticized with sharp tongues, and forgot his ardor, determination and support for the people of Syria with money and soul despite of the hardships, and send a copy to those who do not know the people of jihad and their favor and significance. So won’t the people of theories who sit at home restrain their tongues from criticizing the men of jihad?

Due to the huge successes of the Islamic State in both Syria and Iraq, world powers began a new campaign of distorting the image of the Islamic State through Media Warfare (also known as PsyOps). They began to accuse them of all sorts of crimes without any proof, including claims of ‘sex jihad’ and killings of innocents etc. One of the most powerful slogans used by many religious people was that ‘Daesh are al-Khawarij’ (a derogatory term to describe the Islamic state as people who kill Muslims instead of non-Muslims). This label had been used throughout modern history by ‘scholars for dollars’ to prevent people from Jihad. The reality was, the Islamic State fought other Sunni rebel groups who fought them (as an ‘eye for an eye, life for a life’), but they also fought and defeated the Persian Shi’a tyrant enemy and disbelievers more than any other group in the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts’.

Accusations kept being thrown against the Islamic State until in May 2014, Abu Muhammad alAdnani – the spokesman of the Islamic State released an audio statement in which he prayed (did a curse: Mubahala) against the Islamic State if they truly were al-Khawarij:

Abu Muhammad Al Adnanai say:O Allah, if this State is a state of the khawarij then nreak its back; killbits leader; forgo its banner and guide its soldier to the truth.O Allah, if this is an Islamic State; rulling by Your Book and the Sunnah of Your prophet; fighting Your enemies, then keep it firm; honour it; grant it victory; establish it upon the earth and make it as khilafah upon the way of prophethood.So say amin o muslim.O Allah, deal with all of those who split the rank of the mujahidin and who devided the word of the muslim; pleased the disbelievers; enraged the believers and delayed the jihad by many years.O Allah, expose their secret and hidden intensions and send upon them Your anger and Your curse and show us in them the miracles of Your Power and Mighty.Say amin o muslim.”

During this time (January 2014), the Islamic State had been on the backfoot and was being surrounded and attacked by all sides. Sahwaat rebels from the Sunni side were backstabbing the Islamic State while it was attacking the Shi’a enemy from the front.

Miraculously, straight after this prayer of al-Adnani, the Islamic State suddenly gained strength after strength and massive victories. Within only 6 months of being backstabbed by the FSA, it took huge chunks of land and weapons from the Shi’a government of Syria and huge chunks of land and weapons from the Shi’a government of Iraq too – taking over a 1/3 each of both countries (Syria and Iraq).

Al-Adnani had said: ‘O Allah, if this is an Islamic State, ruling by Your Book and the Sunnah [method] of Your Prophet, fighting Your enemies, then keep it firm, honour it and grant it victory, and establish it upon the earth and make it as the Khilafah upon the way of Prophethood.’

We will see the result of this du’a (prayer) in the upcoming chapters…

Due to the huge successes of the Islamic State in both Syria and Iraq, world powers began a new campaign of distorting the image of the Islamic State through Media Warfare (also known as PsyOps). They began to accuse them of all sorts of crimes without any proof, including claims of ‘sex jihad’ and killings of innocents etc. One of the most powerful slogans used by many religious people was that ‘Daesh are al-Khawarij’ (a derogatory term to describe the Islamic state as people who kill Muslims instead of non-Muslims). This label had been used throughout modern history by ‘scholars for dollars’ to prevent people from Jihad. The reality was, the Islamic State fought other Sunni rebel groups who fought them (as an ‘eye for an eye, life for a life’), but they also fought and defeated the Persian Shi’a tyrant enemy and disbelievers more than any other group in the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts’.

Accusations kept being thrown against the Islamic State until in May 2014, Abu Muhammad alAdnani – the spokesman of the Islamic State released an audio statement in which he prayed (did a curse: Mubahala) against the Islamic State if they truly were al-Khawarij:

Abu Muhammad Al Adnanai say:O Allah, if this State is a state of the khawarij then nreak its back; killbits leader; forgo its banner and guide its soldier to the truth.O Allah, if this is an Islamic State; rulling by Your Book and the Sunnah of Your prophet; fighting Your enemies, then keep it firm; honour it; grant it victory; establish it upon the earth and make it as khilafah upon the way of prophethood.So say amin o muslim.O Allah, deal with all of those who split the rank of the mujahidin and who devided the word of the muslim; pleased the disbelievers; enraged the believers and delayed the jihad by many years.O Allah, expose their secret and hidden intensions and send upon them Your anger and Your curse and show us in them the miracles of Your Power and Mighty.Say amin o muslim.”

During this time (January 2014), the Islamic State had been on the backfoot and was being surrounded and attacked by all sides. Sahwaat rebels from the Sunni side were backstabbing the Islamic State while it was attacking the Shi’a enemy from the front.

Miraculously, straight after this prayer of al-Adnani, the Islamic State suddenly gained strength after strength and massive victories. Within only 6 months of being backstabbed by the FSA, it took huge chunks of land and weapons from the Shi’a government of Syria and huge chunks of land and weapons from the Shi’a government of Iraq too – taking over a 1/3 each of both countries (Syria and Iraq).

Al-Adnani had said: ‘O Allah, if this is an Islamic State, ruling by Your Book and the Sunnah [method] of Your Prophet, fighting Your enemies, then keep it firm, honour it and grant it victory, and establish it upon the earth and make it as the Khilafah upon the way of Prophethood.’

We will see the result of this du’a (prayer) in the upcoming chapters…

The Islamic State position is that they want to consolidate their positions in Syria and Iraq before they move into Jordan and Lebanon. This is because it is well-known that fighting Israel in a full-scale war with proper weapons of war as ISIS have is not possible if they do not take over Jordan, and possibly Lebanon. This is because they need that land to transport their heavy weaponry such as their tanks, howitzers, hummers, APCs, bomb-making engineering workshops and associated machinery, and of course, their soldiers.

Its well-known however that Jordan and Lebanon are client states of America and that they have secret agreements with Israel to protect Israel from “terrorists”, so any full-scale war on ISIS would be hampered by the Jordanian and Lebanese army attacking ISIS from behind. So it makes sense to get rid of those regimes first before fighting Israel face-to-face. And we know this will happen as the ahadith say we will fight the Dajjal in the Israeli city of Lod.

We look to the example of Salah ad-Din (RH) who did not fight the Crusaders until he conquered what is now Syria and the Mesopotamian areas such as Jazira from the Muslim Zenghid Dynasty. This is because the Muslims, like now, were not united and the jamaah of the Muslims was not one, and we could not fight the Crusaders unless we had a united front. One Muslim leader who had the intent but not the land and resources (Salah ad-Din), and another Muslim leader in Damascus who had the land and resources, but did not want to disrupt the status quo and did not want to jeopardise his power and lifestyle for the sake of liberating Bayt Al-Maqdis.

We need to unite the Muslims lands of Sham and Iraq as a united front, and only then can we fight Israel in a full-scale war and liberate Bayt Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem).

To answer the question about why ISIS have not attacked Israel yet, let me explain the views of ISIS regarding the liberation of Bayt Al-Maqdis and what their plans are.
We start off with the speech by the Islamic State spokesman, Abu Muhammad Al-Adnaani. In a speech released in July 2013, he stated:“We will not rest until every single Muslim is freed from the Tawāghit (tyrants), al-Quds (Jerusalem), al-Andalus (Spain) are returned and we conquer Rome (Italy)”

ISIS Statement taken from: http://alplatformmedia.com/vb/showthread.php?t=26620 You can find the speech on youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RPzOreeIE&feature=youtu.be (from 4:13)
Its an ISIS policy to liberate Al-Quds. Further proof of this is found in more recent statements. For example, this statement taken from the ISIS video ‘This was never our manhaj and never will be.’ (speech by Abu Muhammad al-Adnani) :“Allah favoured us and opened for us the door to Jihad in Iraq, and so the Muhājirīn (emigrants) raced to come and they flocked from all sides, and thus the flag of Tawḥīd was raised, and the market of Jihad was established, and a small group of Muhājirīn and the Anṣār (supporters) engaged the mightiest force known by history with outdated equipment, with bare chests, confident of Allah’s victory, determined to establish the Law of Allah. Their bodies in Iraq, their souls in the imprisoned city of Makkah, their hearts in Bayt Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), and their eyes upon Rome.”

As well as from the video ‘He will surely establish for them their religion which He has preferred for them.’: So O lions in Anbār, Nineveh, Ṣalāhuddīn, Kirkūk, Diyālī, Baghdād and the south, continue to expand and to redefine the maps. For verily today you complete the hope of the oppressed in all lands, and verily the prisoners await you in Baghdād, in Rūmiyyah (Lebanon), in Aleppo, in Al-Ḥā’ir (Saudi Arabia) and in Abū Zaʿabal (Egypt). And verily you have an appointment in Baghdād, in Damascus, in Al-Quds (Jerusalem), in Makkah and in Madīnah. Verily you have an appointment in Dābiq, in Al-Ghūṭah, and in Ar-Rūm inshā’Allāh.”

As well as the recent statement after the declaration of the Khilafah. On the 1st of Ramadan 1435, Khalifah Ibrahim (Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi) said:“Women who have lost their children are weeping. Masājid (plural of masjid) are desecrated and sanctities are violated. Muslims’ rights are forcibly seized in China, India, Palestine, Somalia, the Arabian Arabian Peninsula, the Caucasus, Shām (the Levant), Egypt, Iraq, Indonesia, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Ahvaz, Iran *by the rāfidah (shia)+, Pakistan, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Morocco, in the East and in the West. So raise your ambitions, O soldiers of the Islamic State! For your brothers all over the world are waiting for your rescue, and are anticipating your brigades. It is enough for you to just look at the scenes that have reached you from Central Africa, and from Burma before that. What is hidden from us is far worse. So by Allah, we will take revenge! By Allah, we will take revenge! Even if it takes a while, we will take revenge, and every amount of harm against the ummah will be responded to with multitudes more against the perpetrator.”

The Islamic State (ISIS) also have branches in Gaza. Although they have not engaged in sustained campaigns yet against Israel due to issues with Hamas and logistics supplies and entry routes for fighters, these groups continue to work in Gaza and Palestinian refugee camps training Palestinian mujahideen in fighting, getting them experience of fighting and bomb-making in Syria and Iraq, as well as cementing the position of ISIS in Gaza: https://twitter.com/dawlaanoorhttps://twitter.com/dawla_gaza